Editing Cockatoo, Victoria (section)

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name     = Cockatoo
| city     = Melbourne
| state    = vic
| image    = cockatoo102.jpg
| caption  = McBride Street
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.935|S|145.492|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne
| lga      = Shire of Cardinia
| postcode = 3781
| pop      = 4,408
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20600 | name = Cockatoo (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 9 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref> 
| est      = 
| elevation= 158
| maxtemp  = 29.43
| mintemp  = 14.7
| rainfall = 658
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Monbulk|Monbulk]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of La Trobe|La Trobe]]
| dist1    = 48
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 17
| location2= [[Belgrave, Victoria|Belgrave]]
| near-nw  = [[Avonsleigh, Victoria|Avonsleigh]]
| near-n   = [[Macclesfield, Victoria|Macclesfield]]
| near-ne  = [[Nangana, Victoria|Nangana]]
| near-w   = [[Emerald, Victoria|Emerald]]
| near-e   = [[Gembrook, Victoria|Gembrook]]
| near-sw  = [[Dewhurst, Victoria|Dewhurst]]
| near-s   = [[Mount Burnett, Victoria|Mount Burnett]]
| near-se  = [[Mount Burnett, Victoria|Mount Burnett]]
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 11
}}

[[File:cockatoosign.jpg|thumb|Sign along Pakenham Road]]

'''Cockatoo''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 48&nbsp;km south-east of [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne central business district|central business district]], located within the [[Shire of Cardinia]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Cockatoo recorded a population of 4,408 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

Cockatoo is named after Cockatoo Creek, which runs through the town, and which the town was previously named.